One moment you're grabbing a soda in your garage; the next, 100 million volts have rewritten who you are. In the Atlantic, Jacob Stern digs into what lightning actually does to the human body and mind ...

Some stories sound exaggerated until you discover every detail is documented. Roy Cleveland Sullivan lived one of those lives. Born in rural Virginia in 1912, he grew up near the mountains he would ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 36-year-old man from Minnesota died after he was struck by lightning while biking on a mountain in Peru. The group was almost 14 ...

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, thunder and lightning strikes were the prime weapon of Zeus (the king of the gods, known to the Romans as Jupiter). Reminders of his power and wrath via ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A southeast Georgia woman said her Apple Watch may have saved her life not once, but twice. Angela McLean was alerted by the watch that her heartbeat was irregular just after she ...

You are 15 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to win a lottery jackpot in the United States. Worse yet, being struck by lighting is a one-in-a-million chance given there were only 280 ...